either of two North American yellow-breasted songbirds, Sturnella magna (eastern meadowlark) or S. neglecta (western meadowlark): family Icteridae (American orioles)
meadowlark in American English
(ˈmidoʊˌlɑrk)
nounWord forms: pluralˈmeadowˌlarks or ˈmeadowˌlark
any of a genus (Sturnella, family Icteridae) of American passerine birds; esp., any of the yellow-breasted North American species (S. magna and S. neglecta) with a black, V-shaped collar